想完之後手上留著的答案
把「合上」用在思考上：資料看完、道理想過，思考的過程到此為止，剩下的那個判斷就是結論。
reach a conclusion · noun · B1
A decision or opinion you form after thinking about all the information you have.
結論
核心畫面
Picture the last page closing. Something that was running — a story, a meeting, a line of thinking, a set of negotiations — has reached its end and is now shut. From that closing, English gets two useful things: the ending itself, and whatever you are left holding when the thinking stops.
可以想成：最後一頁合上的那一刻。一件正在進行的事——一個故事、一場會議、一串思考、一場談判——走到了盡頭，關起來了。…更多收起
可以想成：最後一頁合上的那一刻。一件正在進行的事——一個故事、一場會議、一串思考、一場談判——走到了盡頭，關起來了。從這個「合上」的動作，英文取到兩樣東西：一個是結尾本身，另一個是思考停下來之後你手上留著的那個答案。學這個字時，把「結尾」和「結論」看成同一個動作的兩面，會比分開背輕鬆。From the picture
Also in this word
final part · noun · B1
The end or final part of something.
結尾
finalize a deal · noun · B1
The act of finally arranging or completing an agreement or deal.
締結
原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
conclusionnoun/kənˈkluːʒən/
- 1
The end, finish, close or last part of something.
- At the end of the seventh hour, a flourish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest; […]
- Some have recently questioned whether conclusion of a START treaty is a lower priority for the Bush Administration than conclusion of a conventional force in Europe (CFE) treaty or whether we want to delay START pending progress in CFE.
- 2
The outcome or result of a process or act.
- 3
A decision reached after careful thought.
- The board has come to the conclusion that the proposed takeover would not be in the interest of our shareholders.
- [I]n her boſome Ile vnclaſpe my heart, / And take her hearing priſoner with the force / And ſtrong incounter of my amorous tale: / Then after to her father will I breake, / And the concluſion is, ſhe ſhal be thine, [...]
- 4
human-scienceslogicmathematicsIn an argument or syllogism, the proposition that follows as a necessary consequence of the premises.
- He granted him both the major and minor, but denied him the conclusion.
- 5
obsoleteAn experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn.
- [W]ee practiſe likewise all Concluſions of Grafting, and Inoculating, as well of VVilde-Trees, as Fruit-Trees, which produceth many Effects.
- 6
lawThe end or close of a pleading, for example, the formal ending of an indictment, "against the peace", etc.
- 7
lawAn estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position.
- It was determined, that though the fine operated at first by conclusion, and passed no interest, yet the estoppel should bind the heir
- 8
arrangement; settlement.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。